Rheji Burrell is an American
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...
ian and
music producer
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.
With his twin brother Ronald (or Rhano), Burrell was responsible for creating experimental,
deep house
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music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Much of Burrell's
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering ...
output was on the Nu Groove record label, which the brothers founded, often under various aliases, such as 'New York House'n Authority', 'Tech Trax Inc' and 'Utopia Project'.
The brothers had a background in
gospel music, and joined the group
Inner Spirit as 13-year-olds. They won first place for four consecutive years in the
New Jersey
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Teen Arts Festival, and developed their technical and playing skills on a four-track recorder. The duo earned their first recording deal with
Virgin Records
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in the late 80s. In the early 90s, the Burrells co-founded the Nu Groove record label, responsible for inspiring and launching the careers of several major DJs, re-mixers, and dance music artists.
In the mid 1990s, the Burrell Brothers became successful producers of
Hip-Hop,
Rap
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,
R&B and
Pop music
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. Today the twins continue recording, and have branched out into
film making
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and "
Indie
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Gaming
*Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies
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" record releases by working with undiscovered talent.
Rheji Burrell is a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) as well as a RIAA certified Multi-Platinum Songwriter and Producer.
Productions
Discography
*Burrell, ''Burrell'' (10/Virgin Records 1988)
*Tech Trax Inc, ''Tech Trax Inc''
*NY House'n Authority, ''Apartments'' EP
*Utopia Project, ''Files'' EP
*Jazz Documents, ''Secret Code''
*Metro, ''Angel Of Mercy''
*Roqui, ''I've Just Begun To Love You''
*Rheji Burrell, ''Space And Time''
*Rheji Burrell, ''S.R.O''
Producer/writer
*
JoJo
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*JoJo (singer) (born 1990), American R&B singer, songwri ...
, ''Blackground'' (2005)
Platinum
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Pla ...
*
Total
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Mathematics
* Total, the summation of a set of numbers
* Total order, a partial order without incomparable pairs
* Total relation, which may also mean
** connected relation (a binary relation in which any two elements are compa ...
, ''
Total
Total may refer to:
Mathematics
* Total, the summation of a set of numbers
* Total order, a partial order without incomparable pairs
* Total relation, which may also mean
** connected relation (a binary relation in which any two elements are compa ...
'' (1996) Platinum
*
Monifah
Monifa Carter (born January 26, 1972), also known as Monifah, is an American R&B singer. She is best known for her association with the late rapper Heavy D and her music from the mid-1990s, including "I Miss You (Come Back Home)", "You" and " ...
, ''Moods & Moments'' (1996) Platinum
*Channel Live, ''
Station Identification
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'' (1995)
*Phase Two, "Reachin'" (Rheji Burrell Mix)
*Omniscence, "Amazin'" (1996)
References
External links
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American house musicians
American hip hop record producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Virgin Records artists
American twins